Women with migraines at higher risk of heart attack

Women with migraines at higher risk of heart attack - Yahoo7

Migraines are the second biggest factor for heart attack and stroke

Women who suffer migraines with aura (or visual disturbances) may be at higher risk of strokes and heart attack than non-migraines sufferers.

Migraines have been previously linked to heart attacks and strokes but a 15-year study by the American Academy of Neurology of nearly 30,000 women for the first time identified migraines as the second biggest risk factor. High blood pressure is the primary cause.

Study author Dr Tobias Kurth said that after high blood pressure, migraine with aura came ahead of diabetes, smoking, obesity, and family history of early heart disease.